Pre-Peritoneal Dialysis Peritonitis After Saline Infusion Sonohysterogram in a Patient With an Embedded Catheter: A Case Report.

Rationale: Clear guidelines currently exist regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) prior to common diagnostic procedures. However, these guidelines do not include patients with subcutaneously embedded PD catheters who are awaiting PD initiation although both these populations share a great deal of risk factors for infections. Issues regarding antibiotic prophylaxis and avoidable infections are bound to keep occurring if physicians are not conscious of the risks of infections shared by all patients suffering from renal failure.

Neobladder creation is still a conduit to peritoneal dialysis - Successful use of peritoneal dialysis after invasive bladder cancer.

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is as safe and more cost-effective than haemodialysis (HD). It also allows patients to undergo renal replacement therapy (RRT) from home. However, PD remains underutilised in many parts of the world.